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The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has doled out a whooping N4.2billion as part of its unconditional Micro Grant Programme for empowering women in the rural areas across the country. Speaking at the flag-off of its one-off unconditional Micro-grants Programme Tuesday in Bauchi, Chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation empowered twenty thousand …

Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),  says corruption does fight back, adding that he has been receiving death threats since he came on board as the chairman of the anti-graft agency. He spoke on Tuesday when he featured in Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme. President …

Commissioner of Police Imo State, CP Abutu Yaro The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, has disclosed that five cops have been arrested for indulging in corrupt practices in the state. The CP equally disclosed that the cops had been subjected to orderly room trial by the command. Yaro, …

  Hollywood has lost one of its stars, Lisa Banes, who has died after a hit-and-run incident in New York City. The actress was 65 years old. Best known for her roles in Gone Girl and Cocktail, the actress was struck by a person on a scooter while walking down …

(L-R) Dr. Victor Alewo Adoji, HE, Udom Emmanuel – Governor of Akwa Ibom State, HE, Aminu Tambuwal- Governor of Sokoto State and the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State at the reception for the two brand new A220-300 planes acquired by Akwa Ibom State for its carrier, IbomAir Victor Alewo Adoji, …

The House of Representatives has descended heavily on Indorama Group over alleged sharp practices relating to evasion of tax running into billions of naira. The House further accused the conglomerate of using several other companies beside the three it claimed to have officially registered in Nigeria in order to secure waivers from …

LAGOS.16-08-21. A total of thirty members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, have won cash prizes and business grants totalling N10 million in the 6th edition of the expanded Unity Bank flagship business plan competition known as Corpreneurship Challenge. Unity Bank is currently in 10 states of the federation …

  Newly launched specialist life insurance company, Heirs Life Assurance (HLA) has partnered Avon Medical to organize a blood drive in commemoration of the 2021 World Blood Donor Day. The event, which was held on Monday, June 14, 2021, at the ultramodern Avon Medical Dialysis Centre in Ikeja, Lagos had …

Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC (Stanbic IBTC), a member of Standard Bank Group, released its 2020 Sustainability Report to showcase its positive contributions that were centered on achieving the United Nations’ Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are geared towards improving societies for humanity and advancing sustainable development in the Nigerian …

Abubakar Malami, SAN/Internet The Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) Brigadier General Jafaru Mohammed has written a petition to the Attorney General of the Federal and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami alleging persecution and victimisation by operatives of the Economic and Financial …